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China’s Defense Ministry said in a statement on its website that military installations on artificial islands it created in the South China Sea are for defense and self-protection.
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The U.S. Missile Defense Agency announced that on Dec. 14, USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) demonstrated the ability of the Aegis baseline 9.C1 to tackle against a “complex medium-range ballistic missile target” by destroying it using a salvo of two SM-6 Dual I interceptors.
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The U.S. government has approved a potential sale of two Saab AN/SPS-77 Sea Giraffe 3D Air Search Radars to the Philippine Navy.
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The Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI) said today that China has installed large anti-aircraft guns and probable close-in weapons systems (CIWS) on the artificial islands it controls in the Spratly archipelago.
The U.S. government has agreed to sell a long-range early warning radar to Qatar. The news was announced by U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter on Dec. 10.
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